The committee will review initial proposals and invite a smaller number of full proposals for more detailed consideration before making recommendations to President Morton Schapiro.

This year’s selection is “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail -- but Some Don’t,” penned by political prognosticator and analytics guru Nate Silver, who spoke at Northwestern recently.

The selected book should be available in paperback and digital formats by May 1, 2017, and will be distributed to incoming students during the summer in preparation for the fall quarter.

The One Book One Northwestern program is sponsored by the Office of the President. The selection committee, chaired by Eugene Lowe Jr., assistant to the president, includes students, faculty and staff.